Richard Erdman
Biography
Richard Erdman (June 1, 1925 - March 16, 2019) was an American film and television actor and director. In a career that has spanned seven decades, his best known roles are that of the barracks chief Hoffy in Stalag 17, and McNulty in the classic Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of a Stopwatch". In Tora Tora Tora he played Colonel Edward F. French, the officer who responded to the failure to transmit the warning to Pearl Harbor using Army radio to instead use commercial telegraph rather than using the Navy or FBI radio systems. Erdman appeared as the blackmailer, Arthur Binney, in the Perry Mason first season TV episode "The Case Of The Gilded Lily" aired May 24, 1958. In 1960, he co-starred with Tab Hunter in the short-lived The Tab Hunter Show on NBC, which aired opposite The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS and Lawman with John Russell on ABC. He was very funny when he appeared as a Broadway wardrobe man named Buck Brown on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". In 1962, Erdman had a recurring role as Klugie, the photographer, in the short-lived Nick Adams-John Larkin NBC series Saints and Sinners.
Known For
Sgt. 'Hoffy' Hoffman
Stalag 17
Chester
Tomboy
Leo
The Men
Colonel Edward F. French
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Al
The Blue Gardenia
Delong
Cry Danger
Bellboy, The Marwood Arms
Nobody Lives Forever
Bunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
Danger Signal
Terry Spencer (uncredited)
Deception
Pirate (voice)
The Pagemaster
Dogface Dolan
Jumping Jacks
Pvt. Nebraska Hooper
Objective, Burma!
Oliver 'Ollie' Bonelli
The Admiral Was a Lady
Murph
Francis in the Navy
Joe, Counterman at Owl Lunch
Shadow of a Woman
Mr. Zeider
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Eddie Walker
Meurtres à l'Empire State Building
Walt Dabbett
Rascal
Deke
Namu, the Killer Whale
Herr Sessman (voice)
Heidi's Song
Ben Bailey
The Stooge
Buddy Morgan
Easy Living
Eddy
Swiss Tour
Ellis
Visions...
Eddie (as Dick Erdman)
That Way with Women
Cpl. Frenchy
The Wild Blue Yonder
Pirate #1
The Secret World of Og
Shorty
The San Francisco Story
Soda Jerk
The Very Thought of You
Alfred Grattin
The Happy Time
Lt. 'Scooper' Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Janie Gets Married
Scooper Nolan (as Dick Erdman)
Janie
Fletcher Mays
My Town
Willie
The Time of Your Life
Ens. Chuck Dorrance
You're in the Navy Now
Sid Buckman / Car Wash Manager (voice)
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Selby
Bengazi
Attorney
Stewardess School
Frederick de Fernando
Kate McShane
Dallas Hanson
Saddle the Wind
Rupe Pardee
The Rawhide Trail
Seymour Jenks
The Brass Bottle
Self
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Jim Evans
The Steel Lady
Pvt. Swenson
Mission Over Korea
Tommy
Too Young to Know
Soldier on Deck (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
Al Williams
Face of Fire
Dick Richard (uncredited)
Mr. Majestyk
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
Mark Lewis
Wild Harvest
Drunken Wise Man
Trancers
Waiter
Valet Girls
Ed Brent
Anything Goes
Dick Richard
Mr. Majestyk
Mirza
Aladdin and His Lamp
Eddie (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
actor 'Stalag 17' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Sailor with Tour (uncredited)
Musical Movieland
Joseph Somerby
The Great Man's Whiskers
Middle Cowboy
Star in the Night
Judge Quincey P. Trumbell
Brothers O'Toole
Host and narrator
The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
John Harper
The Bag
Lester Everett
The Power and the Prize
Dr. Adams
Jesse
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
66
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-06-01
Place of Birth
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
John Richard Erdmann